Tim Lee quotes

“The financial system as a whole has had the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme if we look at it fundamentally.”
-- Tim Lee

Source : "Was whole economy a Ponzi scheme?". www.nytimes.com. January 1, 2009.

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“I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one morning in a world where the 21st century's J Edgar Hoover has the power to blackmail anyone in America.”
-- Tim Lee

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“Tut, Tut, looks like rain”

“I don't look at myself as suffering.”

“Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.”

“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.”

“The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.”

“Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it.”

“The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton.”

“Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window.”

“Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.”